Sky Sports director of creative output Duncan East has left the pay-TV broadcaster in order to join the independent sports production company Buzz 16 as its managing director, a role that will see him link-up again with former Sky colleague Scott Melvin. East, who starts his new job today (Monday 1 March), had been at […] More
Imagine Communications has recommitted to being a Gold sponsor of SVG Europe. The company, which works with clients such as Euro Media Group, Discovery and Saudi Broadcasting Authority, cited SVG Europe’s response to the challenges created by COVID-19 as a key reason behind its decision. “During the last 12 months, sport has been more important […] More
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has unveiled a new virtual studio set that will be used as the hub for all of the horse racing output on its Racing TV channel. Built in collaboration with Timeline Television and MOOV, the new 6m x 6m studio is made up of four zones and will bring together race-day […] More
Former England rugby union captain, and now Amazon Web Services (AWS) ambassador, Will Carling OBE will make a guest appearance at next week’s Sports Graphics Spotlight (5 March 2021) discussing Six Nations Matchstats. In conversation with SVG Europe editor Heather McLean, Carling will outline how the stats are generated, analysed and used by the rugby […] More
Eurosport head of graphics and innovation Alex Dinnin will give Sports Graphics Spotlight delegates an in-depth look at the enhancements and improvements that have been made to the Discovery-owned broadcaster’s award-winning live mixed-reality presentation studio the Cube. In a session on Friday 5 March called ‘Set Points: Inside Eurosport’s enhanced Cube mixed reality studio’, Dinnin […] More
Former senior IMG executive Melissa Payne has been appointed as chief executive (media) for the two, historic, round-the-world sailing events, the Ocean Globe Race (OGR) and the Golden Globe Race (GGR). Payne, who left IMG last year after 20 years, was previously vice president, head of technical services and also head of sailing/nautical sports at IMG Media. […] More
The Australian Open has just closed its doors at Melbourne Park on what was an unusual event for both the players and the crews that made it happen. From broadcast staff having to ship into Australia in early December for an event that did not start until 26 January, to heavy quarantines and strict COVID-19 […] More
Telstra Broadcast Services, the broadcast media business unit of the Telstra Corporation, successfully managed the Australian Open direct and indirect world feed distribution plus on-court Netcam technology. A mix of network solutions were used to deliver the world feeds, including traditional satellite uplink for distribution and optical fibre connectivity services from Asia to Europe. Onsite […] More
Xytech Systems has purchased the resource and scheduling management system ScheduALL from Net Insight in a deal valued at US $6 million. The transaction is expected to be completed in the coming weeks and Xytech will continue to support the ScheduALL application and all ScheduALL clients. Xytech also offers the MediaPulse facility management software and […] More
IABM’s BaM Live! 2021 virtual event features a new platform, two days of events on 17-18 March, and, on 18 March, five hours of sports production content, including a closing live ‘Ask the Experts’ session on Precision Time Protocol (PTP) that will be co-produced with SVG Europe. Designed to be as close to a real […] More
